Mastodawn

Peaceful protest by students against #segregation in #SouthCarolina was met with massive force from #WhiteSupremacist shitbags on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960. The #Orangeburg demonstration was met with batons, fire hoses, & tear gas. Almost 400 were arrested & locked in a stockade.

The Japan Times 6d ago

Thousands of white South Africans who previously left the country are returning, for reasons including being closer to family, lower living costs and political turmoil abroad, despite Trump's claims of persecution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/11/world/trump-white-south-africans-better-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #southafrica #segregation #us #donaldtrump #republicans

While Trump says white South Africans are persecuted, some return for a better life

Thousands of white South Africans have returned to the country, for reasons including being closer to family, lower living costs and political turmoil abroad.

The Japan Times

The USA Potato Mar 9

Israel Denies Palestinians Access to Bomb Shelters as War on Iran Continues

Public focus on Iran has allowed the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to continue unabated, says journalist Orly Noy.

https://murica.website/2026/03/israel-denies-palestinians-access-to-bomb-shelters-as-war-on-iran-continues/

Israel Denies Palestinians Access to Bomb Shelters as War on Iran Continues – The USA Potato

Tidningen Internationalen Mar 8

Tidölaget skärper strypgreppet mot välfärden. Skattebroms och premie för skattesänkning. I dagarna tog civilminister Erik Slottner, KD, emot Tidöregeringens beställda utredning om lägre skatter i kommunsektorn. Kommuner och regioner som höjer skatten ska straffas med årliga avgifter under tre år medan de som sänker kommunalskatten får ett årligt statsbidrag under tre år.

https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/03/08/tidolaget-skarper-strypgreppet-mot-valfarden/

Jan van der Laan Mar 3

Our paper on the effect of isolation (a #segregation measure) on the language proficiency of children has just been published. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2026.101138. #networkscience

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Mar 2

15-year-old #ClaudetteColvin refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, AL, bus on #ThisDayInHistory in 1955, nine months before #RosaParks did it. The judge dropped two of the charges, busting her only for 'assault' during her arrest so an appeal could not affect #segregation.

Follow GOLF Mar 1

https://www.fogolf.com/1178971/how-rogers-park-golf-course-in-tampa-became-a-haven-for-black-golfers-during-segregation-2/ How Rogers Park Golf Course in Tampa became a haven for black golfers during segregation #BlackGolfers #GolfCourse #GolfCourses #LionelBallard #RogersPark #Segregation

Lyle Solla-Yates Feb 27

https://www.richmonder.org/for-some-neighborhoods-its-covenants-not-zoning-that-decides-what-gets-built/ “These covenants don't just preserve a neighborhood's aesthetic. They preserve who gets to live there” #RVA #segregation #RestrictiveCovenants #housing #displacement #shortage

For some neighborhoods, it’s covenants — not zoning — that decides what gets built

"Private land-use restrictions can lawfully impose standards that are, in some cases, more stringent than zoning code."

The Richmonder

PugJesus Feb 20

Muh heritage

Edith Mair 💙💛Feb 20

WDR ZeitZeichen: Das Green Book: Überlebenshilfe für Schwarze auf US-Straßen

Noch nie davon gehört. So was lernt man offenbar nicht in der Schule.

#Rassismus #USA #Segregation

Webseite der Episode: https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/zeitzeichen/audio-das-green-book-ueberlebenshilfe-fuer-schwarze-auf-us-strassen-100.html

Das Green Book: Überlebenshilfe für Schwarze auf US-Straßen

Ohne das "Green Book" wird für Schwarze Familien jede Autofahrt zum Risiko. Der unscheinbare Reiseführer von 1936 weist ihnen den Weg zu sicheren Orten in einem streng getrennten Amerika.

Mediathek